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Cars and trucks (especially tow trucks and landscaping vehicles) speed up and down Central Avenue all day. More than half roll through the stop sign at Central and West Elm.
Cars and trucks (especially tow trucks and landscaping vehicles) speed up and down Central Avenue all day. More than half roll through the stop sign at Central and West Elm.
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Anonymous (Guest)
Brian Tang (Registered User)
Chris Heitmann (Guest)
Brian Tang (Registered User)
Sweet!
I'm a big fan of chicanes (and eliminating centerlines). I've never seen the two used in concert, but informed experimentation is definitely the way to go when it comes to traffic calming.
My hometown did an interesting experiment where they combined chicanes, curb extensions, pedestrian refuges, bike lanes, AND back-in angled parking.
Here's a link to some photos I took of it over spring break:
http://picasaweb.google.com/nthorn0/McGloughlinStreet?feat=directlink
Anonymous (Guest)
Angi (Guest)
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Registered User)
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Registered User)
The city's complete streets policy was adopted unanimously this fall, and there are forms within the new manual for requesting changes about things like these.
Contact the city's transportation department and/or newhavensafestreets (at) gmail.com (a local advocacy group) if you need assistance requesting these types of changes to your street.
Many of your neighbors agree this is a major problem and that changes should be made ASAP.
E (Registered User)
Central&Elm (Guest)
Update- the New Haven Police are responding to this issue.
As I mentioned in another thread, we saw at least 3 police officers on motorcycles watching the intersection yesterday evening. They said that they were conducting traffic stops because of complaints about people speeding through the stop sign at Central & West Elm.
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Registered User)
The road is being rebuilt south of West Elm. Does anyone know if it will eventually be rebuilt up to Willard as well? See http://seeclickfix.com/issues/119210 for possible next steps.
While enforcement is helpful, currently there is no way to keep up consistent levels of ticketing. Striping and signage policies, and complete streets, are the only way to get a permanent fix here and stop the neighborhood's property values from eroding due to the constant noise and damage caused by the speeders.
關閉 City of New Haven (Verified Official)
Rebecca Bombero, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer (Verified Official)